Statement of China

Secondly, comprehensive economic and social development needs to be promoted in order to provide a sound basis for women’s empowerment. The international community should help the countries concerned in carrying out post-conflict reconstruction by supporting them in enhancing capacity-building so as to promote economic and social development and better protect women’s rights and interests. The international community should actively provide development assistance and technical support to developing countries to help them promote gender equality and women’s empowerment, and at the same time guide women’s groups and civil society so that they can play a positive and constructive role in that respect.